CRESPION, STEPHEN, son of Germain Crespion, St. Giles in the Fields, London, and Cornelia, eldest dau. of Stephen Nash; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1663; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1666, matr. 13 Jul 1666, aged 17, Westminster Student 17 Jan 1667-73, void; BA 1670; MA 22 Mar 1672/3; when still an undergraduate sang before Cosimo de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, on his visit to Oxford in May 1669 (Wood, Life and Times, ii, 158); a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal 13 May 1673; ordained; Confessor to the Royal Household 1 Nov 1675 (still 1691); Sacrist and Chaunter, Westminster Abbey, from 25 Jul 1683; Prebendary of Bristol from 3 Aug 1683; m. 1st, by 1674 Margaret ---; m. 2nd, by 1693 Mary Orris; d. 25 Nov 1711. Buried South Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

CREMER, THOMAS, son of Robert Cremer, Norfolk; b.; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1650; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1653, adm. pens. 6 Jul 1653, scholar 1654, matr. Easter 1656; BA 1657/8; MA 1661; Fellow of Trin. Coll. 1659 - c. 1664; ordained; Vicar of Barrington, Cambs., 1661; Rector of Grimston, Norfolk, from 9 Feb 1663/4; m.; d. 1691.

CREMER, HENRY, son of Acton Cremer (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1693; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1698, matr. 4 Jul 1698, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1698 - void 1720, expiry year of grace from 30 Jul 1719; BA 1702; MA 22 Mar 1704/5; ordained; Perpetual Curate of Bensington, Oxfordshire 25 Mar 1714-20; Prebendary of St. David’s from 11 Dec 1716; Vicar of Llandilofawr [check], Carmarthenshire, from 1719; d. 12 Apr 1723.

CREMER, ACTON, son of Thomas Cremer, Bockleton, Worcs., and Ann --- (IGI); b. 17 May 1651 (IGI); adm.; KS 1667; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1670, matr. 1 Jul 1670, aged 19, Westminster Student 18 Jan 1671 - 1676, void by marriage; BA 1674; MA 1677; author of an English translation of Scheffer’s History of Lapland, published in Oxford in 1674, being “an imposition set him by Bishop Fell [Dean of Ch. Ch. ] for courting a mistress at that age, which the Bishop dislik’d” (Hearne, Collections, iii, 318); ordained; Rector of Brampton Abbots, Herefs., from 25 Sep 1684; Vicar of Clifton on Teme, Worcs., from 14 Jan 1687; m. 1676 (despite the Dean’s objection and imposition) his cousin Elizabeth Penell, Woodstone, Worcs.; d. 1689.

CREIGHTON, ROBERT, son of Robert Creighton (elected to Camb. 1655, qv); b.; adm. Apr 1686; in a letter dated 14 Apr 1686 his father, while commending his son to Busby’s care, writes “the school I send him to will make him happy, or nothing will”; KS (aged 13) 1687; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1692, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1692, scholar 28 Apr 1693, matr. 1693; 9th in “ordo” 1695/6; BA 1695/6; MA 1699; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1698, Major Fellow 28 Apr 1699 -c. 1702; ordained priest (Winchester) 20 Sep 1702; Vicar of Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset, 17 Mar 1703-25; Master of the Grammar School and Keeper of the Cathedral Library, Wells, 2 Apr 1712; Prebendary of Wells from 26 Apr 1718; Vicar of Odcombe, Somerset, from 15 Mar 1725; Vicar of Burnham, Somerset, from 18 Dec 1727; Vicar of Yatton, Somerset, from 9 Jun 1729; buried Wells Cathedral 22 Dec 1732.

CREIGHTON, ROBERT, son of Robert Creighton (elected to Camb. 1613, qv); b. adm.; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1655, adm. pens. 23 May 1655, scholar 1655, matr. Easter 1656; 10th in “ordo” 1658/9; BA 1658/9; MA 1662; DD 1678; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1659 - c. 1668, Tutor 1665; Regius Professor of Greek 1666-72; Chaplain in Ordinary to Charles II; Reptor of Uplowman, Devon, 1670; Rector of Ashbrittle, Somerset, from 22 Oct 1670; Prebendary of Wells from 23 Aug 1662, also Precentor and Canon Residentiary from 2 May 1674; in a letter to Richard Busby (qv), dated 15 Dec 1688, preserved among the muniments of the Busby Trustees, Creighton thus acknowledges his obligations to his old master : “I have been your debtor from my childhood, to you I owe my education, and my child’s, my fortune, my Fellowship in Cambridge, my lecture there, my travails, my station in this church, this dividend, myselfe, all, except my infirmities” (Elizabethan xi, 140); composed several services and anthems, one of which, “I will arise” is still a favourite with lovers of church music; m.; d. 17 Feb 1733/4, aged 97. DNB.

CREIGHTON, ROBERT, son of Thomas Creighton, and Margaret Stuart; b. 1593; adm. 1607; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1613, adm. scholar 1614; BA 1617/8; MA 1621 (incorp. Oxford 15 Jul 1628); DD Oxford 21 Feb 1642/3; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1619- c. 1621; Professor of Greek, Cambridge 1625-39; Public Orator 1627-39; ordained; Prebendary of Lincoln 18 Mar 1631/2 – Jun 1670; Prebendary and Treasurer, Wells Dec. 1632 – Jun 1660, also Canon Residentiary 1 Apr 1633 – Jun 1660; Chaplain in Ordinary to Charles I; Rector of Huggate, Yorks., 1641; Dean of St. Buryan, Cornwall, 1642-5, sequestered; escaped to the Continent on the fall of Oxford, disguised as a labourer; member of exiled court of Charles II; tutor to Sir Ralph Verney’s son at The Hague 1652; Dean of Wells 29 Jun 1660 - Jun 1670; restored the cathedral; Rector of Uplowman, Devon 1665-70; Vicar of Cheddar, Somerset, 5 Sep 1665-70; consecrated Bishop of Bath and Wells 19 Jun 1670; author, Vera Historia Unionis inter Graecos et Latinos sive Concilii Florentini exactissima narratio, 1660; m. Frances, dau. of William Walrond; d. 21 Nov 1672. DNB.

CREAKE, THOMAS, son of Thomas Creake, Chelsea, Middlesex, and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Talbot DCL, Gunvill’s Hall, Norfolk; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1629; KS 1630 (Bodleian Library, Tanner MSS lxix, 224).

CRAWLEY, RICHARD, second son of Rev. Richard Crawley, Rector of Rotherfield, Sussex, and of St. Mildred Poultry, London, and Mary, dau. of Owen Clutton, Greenwich, Kent; b. 31 May 1791; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1806; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1810, adm. pens. 7 Jun 1810, scholar 1811, matr. Mich. 1810; BA 1814; migr. to Magdalene Coll. Dec 1814; MA 1817; Fellow and Tutor, Magdalene Coll.; Proctor 1823-4; ordained deacon 19 Mar 1815, priest 29 Sep 1816 (both Ely); Vicar of Steeple Ashton cum Semington, Wilts., from 12 Jun 1828; Prebendary of Salisbury from 25 Feb 1843; d. unm. 9 Dec 1869.

CRAWFORD, WILLIAM, only son of William Crawford, Newington, Surrey, and his first wife Sarah ---; b.; adm.; KS (aged 12) 1762; Capt. of the School 1767; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1768, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1768, scholar 21 Apr 1769, matr. Lent 1769; BA 1772; MA 1775; DD 1801; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Sep 1773, Major Fellow 5 Jul 1775; ordained deacon 19 Sep 1773, priest 25 Apr 1775 (both London); Curate, Newington Butts, Surrey, 1785; Rector of Blethvaugh, Radnorshire, 1788-93; Archdeacon of Carmarthen from 11 Aug 1793; Rector of Trottescliffe, Kent, from 1794 and of Milton, Kent, from 1797; m. 1 Jan 1778 Susanna Weston, Newington, Surrey; d. 14 Apr 1827.